USAF record 28968554
28968554
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION Ridgewood, New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE vertical
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One snowball to disk shaped pearly white obj, size of a medium shaped orange at arm's length. Obj was noted as falling from the vapor trails of a jet a/c being intercepted by fighter aircraft. Obj fell vertically to earth. Obj was seen visually for 1/2 to 5 seconds.
11. COMMENTS Chaff dropeed fm B-47 a/c with fighter interceptor action in the area. Reported by 26 AD Sec tor on this date. Case evaluat ed as chaff drop.
CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [HW: Probably Balloon] Was Aircraft [HW: Probably Aircraft] Was Astronomical [HW: Possibly Astronomical]
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION Ridgewood, New York 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Civilian 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.…
- Page 2 1. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT (A) THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE SIMILAR TO A SNOWBALL IN SHAPE. BEFORE DISAPPEARING FROM VIEW AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE IT APPEARED TO BE DISK SHAPED. (B) SIZE OF MEDIUM SHAPED…
- Page 3 11. CHIEF OF COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION DIVISION, DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE, HGS CONAC. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS: WOULD SEEN TO BE WEATHER BALLOON FROM THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN OF PEARLY WHITE AND THE…
- Page 4 8. NONE. 9. NONE. 10. ATTEMPT MADE TO SECURE INFORMATION FROM NEW YORK CONTROL AND PAGE THREE RJEPQW 57 IMPOSSIBLE TO SECURE AT PRESENT TIME. IF IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP…